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Glycolysis vs Hydrolysis - What's the difference?

glycolysis | hydrolysis |

As nouns the difference between glycolysis and hydrolysis

is that glycolysis is the cellular degradation of the simple sugar glucose to yield pyruvic acid, and ATP as an energy source while hydrolysis is a chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water.

glycolysis

English

(wikipedia glycolysis)

Noun

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  • (biology) The cellular degradation of the simple sugar glucose to yield pyruvic acid, and ATP as an energy source.

    • hydrolysis

    English

    Noun

    (hydrolyses)
  • (chemistry) A chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water.
  • (biochemistry) The degradation of certain biopolymers (proteins, complex sugars) by the chemical process that results in smaller polymers or monomers (such as amino acids or monosaccharides)

    • Related terms

    * hydrolyze